THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MAY, 1866.
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1. Tenders of Silver Bullion will be received at the Mint between the hours of eleven and three daily, Sundays and Holidays excepted, provided they are made in duplicate on a printed form, copies of which will be supplied on application at the Mint.
2. Tenders of parcels of Silver Bullion weighing less than 5,000 oz. will be declined.
3. All Bullion found on Assay to be unfit for coinage will be returned to the importer, who must
pay an Assay fee of $1 for each Assay.
4. Parcels of dollars, or other small pieces of silver intended to be tendered for coinage may be pre-melted in the Mint before being received or assayed. Should the Bullion prove unadapted for coinage, it will be returned to the importer, who must pay, in standard silver, the pre- melting fee which will be calculated on the gross weight, unless the parties tendering it prefer defraying the cost necessary to raise it to Standard. Such cost to be estimated by the Master of the Mint.
5. When the Bullion shall have been assayed by the Mint Assayer, the amount of the standard value will be communicated to the importer. On receipt of the importer's acceptance of the Mint Assay Report, notice will be given to him of the date on which the new dollars due to him will be ready for delivery.
6. The seignorage on Silver Bullion coined into dollars will be (when charged) two per cent. 7. The pre-melting charge will be % per cent.
8. Bullion brought to the Mint to be pre-melted will be considered to be in the custody and at the risk of the importer, to whom every facility will be given for securing and storing it, until it shall have been melted and afterwards weighed at the Mint scale.
9. Consignments of New Coin will be issued to importers in the order in which their parcels of Bullion entered the Mint preceded or accompanied by the tender prescribed in the first rule.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd May, 1866.
No. 65.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
In consequence of the great interruption to business caused by the influx of Visitors to the Mint, His Excellency The GOVERNOR has been pleased to order that from this date till further notice the Public (except persons actually having business there) will not be admitted to that Establishment.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1866.
NOTICE.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The Public Garden having been established for the recreation of the inhabitants of Hongkong, all respectable persons will be adinitted subject to the following regulations:
1.-No person will be allowed to walk on the grass.
2.It is strictly prohibited to pull or handle flowers or to do any injury to any plant or tree, and persons in charge of children are required to see that this rule is observed by them. 3.-Mechanics and Labourers will not be allowed to use the Garden as a Thoroughfare. 4.-No admission will be allowed to Chairs and Chair Coolies, or to Dogs.
5.--Smoking will be allowed on the lower Terrace only.
6.--The Constables on duty are required to see these regulations strictly adhered to, and have
orders to take into custody any person insisting upon infringing them.
7.-The Garden will be open from 5 A.M. to 8 P.M. from April 1st to September 30th, and from
6 A.M. to 7 P.M. from October 1st to March 31st.
By Order,
Surveyor General's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1866.
W. WILSON, Surveyor General.
HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 10th May, 1866. Notice to Consignees, Masters and Others in charge of Merchant Vessels.
1. On or before the 1st June proximo all ships with the following exceptions shall be moved over to the North side of the Harbour mooring them properly with 45 fathoms on each chain, the anchors lying in an E. N. E. and W. S. W. direction
from each other.
2. The Southern line of this anchorage is the North Extremity of Hongkong shut in with the South Extremity of the Kowloong Peninsula bearing E. by S.; the Top Gallant Masts and yards are to be on deck and flying Jib-boom in, a spare suchor should be ready for letting go, and the hawse kept clear.
3. Vessels discharging or taking in cargo, Ilulks and receiving Ships may lie on the South shore.
4. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Hulk Fort William may remain where she is—the Mail Steamers anchoring var her but not to Southward.
Note. The Masters of Ships taking advantage of articles 3 and 4 and those alongside wharves and jetties are to understand that they do so at their own risk.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbour Master, &c.
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